Off The Beaten Track

Miticeva Rupa (Mitic's hole)

Next to the Slavija Square, the plateau with the huge park represents the place informally called Miticeva Rupa, or "Mitic's hole". This is one of the best locations in the city, and yet there is a park there instead of some shopping mall or a bank or even an apartment building - how come?

Great War Island - Veliko ratno ostrvo

The name sounds scary, but the island is in fact very calm and peaceful. It's because there are no urban settlements there - only nature and birds. Lots of birds.

Kaludjerica

This suburban area is built entirely without a city planning permit. It's the biggest illegally built suburban area in Europe. What do people build when they have complete freedom?

Circle of Two

The cheapest guided tour in Belgrade - in a tram.

Ada Medjica

Besides Ada Ciganlija and Big War Island, this is another cool summer getaway from the heat. Unlike Ada, this one is reserved for people who consider 'sports' to be lifting a bottle of beer andrunning towards the barbecue when the food is done - the hedonists.

Belgrade under Belgrade

P1070110We don't have a metro, but that doesnt mean you can’t move around under the city of Belgrade. Rulers of Belgrade in ancient and not so ancient times thought it could be useful to dig some holes under the city as a place to hide and keep food and drink in emergency situations, as escape tunnels and for digging the stone to build houses and buildings throughout the city.

The place where the World War I started?

The story goes like this: unsatisfied with the fact that Bosnia had been annexed to Austrian-Hungarian empire, this group of mostly Bosnian Serb nationalists under the name of “Young Bosnia”, backed-up by Serbian secret society “Black Hand”, decided to assassin the Austrian heir to the throne, Franz Ferdinand during his Sarajevo visit.

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Music and movies at bargain prices

Every sunday from 09.00 to 13.00 in front of the Students Culture Centre building (SKC), a group of people mingles about buying and selling old music records, CDs and tapes.

Belgrade hidden cafes and clubs

If you heard from someone that Belgrade is city that never sleeps, and you come to Belgrade and you think to yourself: someone has been lying to me. Where are all the people between two and six AM? The answer is: they are awake, but they are hiding from you and they are probably hiding in some places where you cant find them. Plus, when you know everything about something, it usually becomes boring. That’s why we will only reveal the existence of tucked-away, hidden music clubs of the city.

Communist sites

If you have strong sympathies about the guys who had basically good idea, but on the wrong planet, then welcome to Belgrade, Comrade. Even if you are just curious about it, or you don’t care at all, you are welcome.

Car called Yugo

“At least it had heated rear windows—so your hands would stay warm while you pushed.” – A quote from one of the many satisfied Yugo owners, taken from the web site cartalk.com, who officially voted Yugo the worst car of the millennium. How come there are so many of them running the streets of Belgrade? Because they’re cheap. But sometimes the maintenance of the car turns out to be much more expensive than the car itself.

Turbo folk clubs

In the beginning of the nineties a new form of music was born in Serbia. A perfect blend of traditional folklore music and modern western techno culture, it combined two good things to create a monstrous mix: turbo folk.